(mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand

"in round numbers"

round(verb)

wind around; move along a circular course

"round the bend"

round, round out, round off(verb)

make round

"round the edges"

round, labialize, labialise(verb)

pronounce with rounded lips

attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault(verb)

attack in speech or writing

"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up(verb)

bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

"polish your social manners"

round off, round down, round out, round(verb)

express as a round number

"round off the amount"

round, flesh out, fill out(adverb)

become round, plump, or shapely

"The young woman is fleshing out"

round, around(adverb)

from beginning to end; throughout

"It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"

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Round(n.)

Hence: A complete set of plays in a game or contest covering a standard number of individual plays or parts; as, a round of golf; a round of tennis.

Round(n.)

Hence: One set of games in a tournament.

Round(n.)

(Mil.) (a) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural. (b) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once. (c) One piece of ammunition for a firearm, used by discharging one piece at a time; as, each soldier carried a hundred rounds of ammunition.

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round(Preposition)

Contraction of around.

Origin: From rounen, from runian, from rūnōnan, from (e)rewə-. Cognate with roun, runen, ruinen, raunen, run, röna. More at rune.

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Round

to whisper

Round(adj)

having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball

Round(adj)

having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round

Round(adj)

having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills

Round(adj)

full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers

Round(adj)

not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price

Round(adj)

uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note

Round(adj)

modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11

full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style

Round(adj)

complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct

Round(noun)

anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown]

Round(noun)

a series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures

Round(noun)

a course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle

Round(noun)

a series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated

Round(noun)

a circular dance

Round(noun)

that which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause

Round(noun)

rotation, as in office; succession

Round(noun)

the step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair

Round(noun)

a course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman

Round(noun)

a walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural

Round(noun)

a general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once

Round(noun)

ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out

Round(noun)

a short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison

Round(noun)

the time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout

Round(noun)

a brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole

Round(noun)

a vessel filled, as for drinking

Round(noun)

an assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians

Round(noun)

see Roundtop

Round(noun)

same as Round of beef, below

Round(adverb)

on all sides; around

Round(adverb)

circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round

Round(adverb)

in circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round

Round(adverb)

from one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions

Round(adverb)

by or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point

Round(adverb)

through a circle, as of friends or houses

Round(adverb)

roundly; fully; vigorously

Round

on every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass

Round(verb)

to make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything

Round(verb)

to surround; to encircle; to encompass

Round(verb)

to bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion

Round(verb)

to go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn

Round(verb)

to make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing

Round(verb)

to grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection

Round(verb)

to go round, as a guard

Round(verb)

to go or turn round; to wheel about

Origin: [From Roun.]

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Round

A round is a musical composition in which two or more voices sing exactly the same melody, but with each voice beginning at different times so that different parts of the melody coincide in the different voices, but nevertheless fit harmoniously together. It is one of the easiest forms of part singing, as only one line of melody need be learned by all parts, and is part of a popular musical tradition. They were particularly favoured in glee clubs, which combined amateur singing with regular drinking.
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is a well known children's round for 4 voices. Other examples are "London's Burning" and "Three Blind Mice". However, not all rounds are nursery rhymes. Serious composers who turned their hand to the round format include Thomas Arne, John Blow, William Byrd, Henry Purcell, and Louis Hardin.
A round is a simple type of canon. A catch is a round in which a phrase that is not apparent in a single line of lyrics emerges when the lyrics are split between the different voices.

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Round

rownd, v.t. (Spens.) to address in a whisper. [A.S. runian, to whisper.]

Round

rownd, adj. circular: globular: cylindrical: whole: complete: plump: large: not inconsiderable, as a sum: whole, unbroken: smooth-flowing, continuous, as a sound: full, expressive: open: plain: positive: bold, brisk, without hesitation or delicacy, plain-spoken: candid, as a 'round unvarnished tale': severe: well turned, in a literary sense: periodic: (archit.) vaulted.—adv. on all sides: every way: circularly: in a revolution: from one side or party to another: not in a direct line, circuitously: in a round manner: from beginning to end.—prep. around: on every side of: all over.—n. that which is round: a circle or globe: a series of actions: the time of such a series: a turn: routine: revolution: cycle: an accustomed walk: a rundle or step of a ladder: a song or dance having a frequent return to the same point: a volley or general discharge of firearms, a single charge of ammunition for a musket or field-piece: that in which a whole company takes part, as a treat of liquor, &c.: prescribed circuit, as a policeman's round: the whole scope, as the round of science: one of a series, as rounds of applause: a bout in a boxing match: a brewer's vessel for holding beer while undergoing fermentation.—v.t. to make round: to surround: to go round: to complete: to make full and flowing: to encircle: to make a course round.—v.i. to grow or become round or full: to go round: to go the rounds, as a guard.—adj.Round′about, encircling: circuitous: indirect.—n. a horizontal revolving wheel on which children ride: a round-dance: a short jacket.—adv.Round′aboutly.—ns.Round′aboutness; Round′-all, an acrobatic feat.—adjs.Round′-arched, of a style characterised by semicircular arches; Round′-arm, in cricket, swinging the arm more or less horizontally; Round′-backed, having a round or curved back: round-shouldered; Round′-crest′ed, fan-crested.—ns.Round′-dance, a dance in a circle, or in which the couples wheel; Round′er, one that frequents a place: a tool for making an edge round: (pl.) an English game out of which base-ball grew, played with a small ball and a bat about two feet long.—adj.Round′-faced, having a round face.—ns.Round′-fish, the common carp: the shadwaiter; Round′hand, a style of penmanship in which the letters are well rounded and free; Round′head, a Puritan, so called in the time of Charles I. from the Puritan fashion of having the hair cut close to the head.—adj.Round′headed.—ns.Round′-house, in ships, a cabin or house on the after-part of the quarterdeck: on American railways, an engine-house; Round′ing, in bookbinding, the shaping the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back; Round′ing-machine′, various machines for producing round forms, as a machine for sawing out circular heads for casks; Round′ing-plane, a woodworking tool for rounding the handles of rakes, &c.; Round′ing-tool, an instrument used in forging for rounding a rod: a kind of draw-plate in saddlery for shaping round leather straps; Round′-ī′ron

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Rank popularity for the word 'round' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #998

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